Is intelligent design really science? Or is it a kind of disguised creationism? MercatorNet interviews a philosopher who has been tracking the debate.
After Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Drucker, who died this week, was probably the best-known Austrian in the English-speaking world. An expert on his work explains why he has been so influential.
When the baby boom generation embraced birth control they forgot to ask who would support them and look after them in their old, old age.
New Jersey voters overlooked the messy marriage breakup of Senator Jon Corzine and elected him governor anyway. An expert in business ethics asks what lessons can be drawn from this.
The Guggenheim's bold survey of the progress of the art of Russia offers stunning insights into its culture from early icons to the avant-garde.
It's hard to talk about the era of Senator Joe McCarthy without lapsing into paranoia. But actor-director George Clooney succeeds in this drama about anchor man Edward R. Murrow.
Post-modern literary theory is touted as the latest and greatest, but it is actually based on an old-fashioned approach to how we know things.
A series of decisions about English law in right-to-life cases over the last 15 years threatens the traditional view of the sanctity of life.
Ever since the French Revolution, governments have tried to banish religion from politics by creating political religions, argues a British historian.
MercatorNet interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement.
Sure, adults deserve to have their fundamental human rights protected. But why don't we set the same standard for their children?
Despite the well-publicised generosity of the G8 countries in forgiving US$18 billion of their country's debt, ordinary Nigerians are not rejoicing.
If one is looking for a model statesman, it is difficult to go past Thomas More, the English Lord Chancellor who lost his head for resisting Henry VIII.
How the West won was Globalisation 2.0. How India and China could beat the West at its own game may be Globalisation 3.0, says Thomas Friedman.
The West is losing its scientific lead in the world and governments are looking for ways to attract more young people to the laboratory. But can they succeed against the attractions of a consumer society?
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